Evolution Revolution
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According to Charles Darwin, how can evolution be defined?

  • Descent with modification (correct)
  • The adaptations of organisms
  • The study of fossils
  • The unity and diversity of life

    • What did the study of fossils help to lay the groundwork for?

  • The ideas about change over time (correct)
  • The Darwinian revolution
  • The unity and diversity of life
  • The adaptations of organisms

    • Where are ancestral species typically found?

  • In the study of fossils
  • In upper layers of sedimentary rock
  • In the remote past
  • In lower layers of sedimentary rock (correct)

    • What did Charles Darwin publish in 1859?

    <p>The Origin of Species</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the Darwinian revolution challenge?

    <p>Traditional views of a young Earth inhabited by unchanging species</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which book did Charles Darwin publish in 1859?

    <p>The Origin of Species</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Darwin's phrase 'descent with modification' refer to?

    <p>The view that all organisms are related through descent from an ancestor</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are fossils?

    <p>Remains or traces of organisms from the past</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where are ancestral species typically found in the layers of sedimentary rock?

    <p>Lower layers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the Darwinian revolution challenge?

    <p>Traditional views of a young Earth inhabited by unchanging species</p> Signup and view all the answers

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